It was 5½ years ago that I wrote about David Perillos Neracar, and flippantly suggested the 1922 model-year motorcycle should perhaps be festooned with a sign saying “For Display Purposes Only” as it looked more suited for a museum than…

The line that Matthew Phillips used to describe Ducati’s original scrambler model built back in the 1960s was a tad too colorful to print verbatim. Suffice it to say that he recalled that it was a bike that guys bought…

Waterbury has a new motorcycle dealer. Land N Sea Powersports at 2974 East Main St. has landed Kawasaki, expanding on its offerings of snowmobiles, jet skis, ATVs and Can-Am Spyder reverse trikes. “It took about a year and a half…

Merriam-Webster doesn’t recognize the word “autocycle,” but perhaps it should. Autocycle is a word that’s getting increased traction, thanks in part to a governmental need to describe a niche of motor vehicles that aren’t motorcycles but aren’t automobiles, either. A…

The email from Bjorn “Bob” Bagn that arrived on Jan. 6 instantly caught my attention. The subject line revealed that he was offering two Montesa basket cases as freebies. “Little by little, ‘galloping geriatrics’ has caught up with me,” he…

There’s still a little ice in the driveway, but the recent spell of warmer weather has prompted preparations for the riding season. Batteries are charged on all three bikes, and necessary oils and touch-up paint have been purchased for the…

What can be said about this winter that hasn’t already been said, usually with four-letter words? After popping the bead on one of the tires of my snow blower last weekend, I had a particularly colorful combination of bon mots…

Pulling into a parking space outside the employees’ entrance of the Motorcyclepedia museum one recent morning, it was impossible not to notice an old Indian strapped down in the bed of a nearby pickup. The truck had an Ohio license…

In hindsight, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea – mixing a staid, military-skewed vintage aircraft museum and a leather-clad motorcycle club whose violent name can be misconstrued or viewed as offensive by anyone unaware of either the term’s derivation…

HARWINTON – Michael Bosco has a blizzard that wasn’t as bad as expected and a well-timed phone call to thank for his house not being severely damaged by fire early Wednesday. Bosco, who lives at 200 Scoville Hill Road, was…